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TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 106, 107. 1832.
Powers of cor-poration extend-ed.
Statute I.May 25 , 1832.
Contract to bemade.
President todetermine modeof improve-ment.
Appropriations.
For supply ofwater.
Flagging.
Statute I.May 25, 1832.
Act of May26, 1828, ch. 87.
Power to col-lect tax of oneand thirteenhundredths ofone per cent.
degrees, west twenty-three poles, to the said first line of the “Rock ofDunbarton,” thence, with said line, to the beginning.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the rights, powers, andprivileges, heretofore granted by law to the said corporation, and whichare at this time claimed and exercised by them, may and shall be exer-cised and enjoyed by them, within the bounds and limits set forth anddescribed in the first section of this act.
Approved, May 25, 1832.
Chap. CVI .—An Act for improving Pennsylvania Avenue, supplying the public
buildings with water, and far paving the walk from the western gate to the
lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of thepublic buildings be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to con-tract, after giving due notice by public advertisement, for improving theavenue, in the city of Washington, leading from the Capitol to the execu-tive offices, by paving the centre way thereof forty-five feet in width, withcobble or pebble stones, or with pounded stone upon.the McAdam plan,or in any other permanent manner, as the President of the United States may direct; and also, for the graduation, and covering with the bestgravel to be obtained, the sideways of said avenue, and for proper guttersand drains to carry off the water, for which purpose, the sum of sixty-twothousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money inthe treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, under the same direction asprescribed in the first section, the following sums be, and the same arehereby, respectively, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in thetreasury not otherwise appropriated, for the following purposes, that is tosay .
For conducting water in pipes from the fountain, on square numbertwo hundred and forty-nine, to the President’s house and public offices,and the construction of reservoirs and hydrants, five thousand seven hun-dred dollars.
For bringing water in pipes to the Capitol , and the construction ofreservoirs and hydrants, and the purchase of the rights of individuals tothe water, forty thousand dollars.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner of the publicbuildings is hereby authorized and directed to contract for the purchase,delivery, and laying of Seneca flagging on the walk from the westerngate to the Capitol ; and for this purpose, the sum of seven thousand onehundred and two dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to bepaid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, May 25, 1832.
Chap. C VII. —An Act to amend an act, entitled “ An act to enlarge the powers ofthe several corporations if the District of Columbia .”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the corporation of Wash-ington be, and it is hereby, empowered to collect, annually, the tax atthe rate of one per centum and thirteen hundredths of one per centum,on the assessed value of the real and personal estates within the city ofWashington , assessed and laid by the fifth section of said act, or any partthereof, for the purposes and objects designated in said act, by the sameofficers, process, and means by which said corporation is now, or may here-